Algeria since 1989: Between Terror and DemocracyAlgeria's democratic experiment is seminal in post-Cold War history. The first Muslim nation to attempt the transition from an authoritarian system to democratic pluralism, this North African country became a test case for reform in Africa, the Arab world and beyond. Yet when the country looked certain to become the world's first elected Islamic republic, there was a military coup and the democratic process was brought sharply to a halt. Islamists declared jihad on the state and hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed in the ensuing decade of state repression. Le Sueur shows that Algeria is at the very heart of contemporary debates about Islam and secular democracy, arguing that the stability of Algeria is crucial for the security of the wider Middle East. Algeria Since 1989 is a lively and essential examination of how the fate of one country is entwined with much greater global issues. |
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... he remained a fervent nationalist during the colonial era and throughout decolonization. He was captured in 1956, along with other FLN leaders, when the plane he was traveling in was forced down by French military.
... he remained a fervent nationalist during the colonial era and throughout decolonization. He was captured in 1956, along with other FLN leaders, when the plane he was traveling in was forced down by French military.
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Khaled Nezzar (1937–): A veteran of the war of national liberation, he remained in the military after independence and held key posts at the ministry of defense. Following Boumediene's 1965 coup, he continued to rise through the ranks ...
Khaled Nezzar (1937–): A veteran of the war of national liberation, he remained in the military after independence and held key posts at the ministry of defense. Following Boumediene's 1965 coup, he continued to rise through the ranks ...
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For him this debt symbolized the very essence of diplomatic trust and has remained the high point of his long and distinguished career. The reason was simple. It was only by trusting the intervention of Algerian Foreign Minister ...
For him this debt symbolized the very essence of diplomatic trust and has remained the high point of his long and distinguished career. The reason was simple. It was only by trusting the intervention of Algerian Foreign Minister ...
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Yet, despite the profound differences among the secular liberals and the Islamists over the constitution of the idea of Algeria, each side remained united in its opposition to the FLN's misspent hegemony.
Yet, despite the profound differences among the secular liberals and the Islamists over the constitution of the idea of Algeria, each side remained united in its opposition to the FLN's misspent hegemony.
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It was on that day in 1830 that France commenced its assault on the Ottoman Empire, the rulers who had remained in control of the territory since the 1500s. It would be on that day that Algerians would rejoice at the fact that they had ...
It was on that day in 1830 that France commenced its assault on the Ottoman Empire, the rulers who had remained in control of the territory since the 1500s. It would be on that day that Algerians would rejoice at the fact that they had ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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| 11 | |
2 The road to reform | 31 |
generals and presidents in a time of terror | 53 |
civil society peace and sidelining generals | 74 |
5 Energy and the economy of terror | 98 |
local and global jihadis | 122 |
from the GSPC to AQMI | 143 |
Algerias Rushdie syndrome | 169 |
a historians reflections on amnesty in Algeria | 195 |
Notes | 207 |
Index | 230 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Algeria since 1989: Between Terror and Democracy Global History of the Present |
| Auteur | James D. Le Sueur |
| Editie | geļllustreerd, herdruk |
| Uitgever | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1848135351, 9781848135352 |
| Lengte | 269 pagina's |
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